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Meaning of spirochetostatic | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR C2
/ˌspaɪroʊˌkitəˈstætɪk/

Definitions

Inhibiting (curbing) spirochetal populations although not destroying them.

Examples

“As the previously used chemotherapeutic agents have only proved themselves to be spirochetostatic and not spirochetocidal, the patient is liable to a delayed infection which may not become manifest for years.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

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